Plane



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J. J. DRIVER.

PLANE.

No. 405,540. Patented June 18, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

JOI-IN J. DRIVER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

PLANE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 405,540, dated J' une 18, 1889. Application filed December 5, 1888. Serial No. 292,703- (NO IHOGL) To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. DRIVER, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Planes, of which the following is such a full, clear, and exact description as will enable any one skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to handles for planes, whereby the same can be manipulated by persolis when standing to plane floors and the like, obviating the necessity of getting down on the knees.

The invention consists in features and details of construction which will now be set forth at length,and then particularly pointed out in the claims making a part hereof.

Figure l is a side elevation of a plane having my handle applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the saine. Fig. 4C is a view showing the handle only. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. i. Fig. G is a section of a detail.

The same figures of reference indicate the same parts throughout the various views.

5 is the plane, which is of any ordinary construction and preferably made of metal.

6 is the cutter-blade, which is adjusted in said plane by any ordinary means. This means makes no part of my invention. I eX- tend the metal sides of theplane to form ears 7 at each side of said plane, and to these ears 7, I journal my handle by a bolt S, which passes through said handle and said ears.

The handle is preferably made of a bowshaped piece 9,Which has a screw-threaded socket l0 at its top and middle. This screwthreaded socket receives, preferably, a rod or pipe 1l, screw-threaded at both ends, of any desired length, which may be joined to a second piece of pipe l2 to form the handle. The

pipes or rods ll and l2 are joined together by a nut I3, having a right and left hand screwthread, so that when the nut is screwed down the ends of the rods lll and l2 are brought together and make atight joint. l To the pipe l2 is swiveled at the point 13 a handle 14, so that said handle lat may be turned at any angle. Upon the pipe or rod l2 is also a second handle l5, which is made so as to be adj ustable along said rod to accommodate the person using the plane. This handle l5 is made up of a screw-threaded bolt 16, which passes through the wooden part l5 of the handle, and has an eye lS for receiving the rod l2. By screwing the wooden part l5 in one or the other direction it can be made to approach or recede from the rod l2, and thus allow said handle to be moved along said rod or fastened securely to the same at any point. The handle la is for one hand of the user and the handle l5 for the other hand. The ears 7 are about midway between the cutting-line 19 and the heel 2O of the plane, in order that the handle may be attached to theplane at apoint midway between 19 and 20, so as to equalize the pressure at the point 19 and the point 20. If the handle were attached to the plane farther back, too much pressure would be thrown upon the heel 2O of the plane and too little pressure put upon the cutting-line l). So, too, if the handle were attached farther forward of the plane too much pressure would be applied along the cutting-line.

The bolt S can be readily removed when it is desired to take the handle off of the plane and use it as an ordinary plane. Said handle can be made of any length by joining together any number of sections ll and l2.

By the means described floors and other objects can be planed by persons when standing as readily as when upon the knees and with much less fatigue.

The invention is simple and effective, the construction strong and of small cost.

2l is the ordinary handle of the plane,which is fastened to said plane by screws 22 and 23, and may be removed from the plane, if in the way, when the other handle is attached.

Having fully set forth my invention, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent of the United States as my invention isl. A handle for planes, consisting of the bowshaped part 9, having screw-threaded socket lO, one or more screw-threaded rods joined to the same, a handle 14, swiveled to IOO the upper end of said rods, and a handle 15, adj ustably secured along said rods, for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with a plane, as herein set forth, of the ears 7, a bow-shaped piece 9, swiveled to said ears 7 by a bolt S, screwthreaded socket 10 upon said bow-shaped piece, screw-threaded rod 11, adapted to be inserted in said socket 10, a second screwthreaded rod 12, a nut 13, having right and left hand screw-threads thereon for joining the rods 11 and 12 together, a handle 14, swiveled to said rod 12, and a handle 15, adjustable along said rod 12, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and aflixed my seal, this 3d day of December, 1888, in the presence of the tWo subsoribing witnesses.

JOHN J. DRIVER. A[L

lVitnesses:

A. C. FOWLER, W. S. REEDER. 

